Dressed in gala suits, ties, dresses and red caps, Trump’s most loyal guests – among them Elon Musk and his family – closely followed the presidential election results tally from his Mar-a-Lago mansion.where, sooner than expected, the big election party to celebrate Donald Trump’s victory emerged.
At the same time, his voters gathered at the Palm Beach Trump Convention Center, where the future president went when the results were no longer in doubt. “Trump! Trump! Trump! Trump!”, the masses welcomed him.
Inside Donald Trump’s prestigious mansion.
Mar-a-Lago is much more than a mansion-the second largest in Florida. It is one of the most exclusive resorts in Palm Beach and a national landmark, since it was built in 1969. designated a national historic site by the Department of the Interior.
The property, purchased by Donald Trump in 1985 for €10 million, comprises a total of 8 hectares and includes a golf course, a beach club and a ballroom of almost 2,000 square meters, as well as eight cabanas, spa, Jacuzzi and a private beach. Mar-a-Lago also has 126 rooms, so it is conceived not only as a private residence, but also as a luxury hotel offering stays from 2,000 euros per night.
This has been witnessed by such prestigious international guests as the Chinese Prime Minister Xi Jinping or Viktor Orbán, the Prime Minister of Hungary. One of the most controversial visits, however, was that of the FBI, which during 2022 investigated the mansion after Trump took more than 103 classified documents there.
A super-exclusive Spanish-Moorish style club.
Until Trump’s first victory, club members used to pay a $100,000 joining fee and $14,000 annual dues (plus taxes and a $2,000 annual minimum for food) for the privilege of using the facilities, then the inaugural fee increased to $200,000.
“I have 24 acres in Palm Beach and nobody has anything like it,” Trump said in a conversation about Mar-a-Lago at a hopping event held there in 2014. “A big house is on an acre. I have 24. It’s the big property in Palm Beach.” When he and his family are at the residence, they stay in a private wing of the house.
The main house is an adaptation of the Hispano-Moorish style popular among Mediterranean villas. In addition, for the construction of the internal and external walls of this 114-room villa it was necessary to bring from Genoa, Italy, three ships with Doric stone. Among its main attractions are the Spanish tiles distributed throughout the mansion.one of the oldest being the “Plus Ultra” tile, dating from the 15th century.